First let's look at the dictionary's definition of the term.

The Merriam-Webster's Dictionary says:
Redskin - Usually offensive: American Indian

It says, "usually offensive."  Our nations capital's football team has a team name that is "usually offensive" according to one of our own very popular dictionaries.

Where did "Redskin" originate?

The term Redskin began hundreds of years ago, long before a football was even invented. Bounties were placed on Native people.  Bounty hunters would go out and kill as many Native American people as they could find.  They had to be able to prove that they killed as many Natives as they claimed.  They did this by cutting off scalps of Native people.  They called these, "redskins."

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